New Bottom Bracket????

[Biciclista]

it's actually been 4 years and close to 10,000 miles (which is less than what DH does in a year )
sniff. it's not a new bike anymore!

[salsabike]

Chris says they're very honest about what work you do and don't need--he took his wheel in once and asked them to rebuild it and they said, you don't need it rebuilt--go ride.

[KnottedYet]

it's actually been 4 years and close to 10,000 miles (which is less than what DH does in a year )
sniff. it's not a new bike anymore!

Four years?!?! FOUR YEARS?!?!!!???

Has it really been that long?

Wow, where did the time go?

I still think of her as your "new" bike...

[Melalvai]

I've had 2 bottom brackets go out on me. They clanked randomly. I think that was the bearings? They told me I was eating through the bottom brackets because a) I had the cheapest components on that bike and b) I pull a trailer with heavy stuff. Also winter weather, and just lots of miles. When I got my "new" bike (3 yrs now) they told me not to get the lowest end because I would need better components--such as the bottom bracket.

They're not expensive and if you replace them before they break inside the bike it's not hard to do. One of mine broke inside the bike and we spent hours chipping out the pieces without damaging the threads!

[Biciclista]

Yeah, i still see it as my "new" bike too.

Melavai, I currently have a campagnolo "record" bottom bracket. I'm going to replace it with Veloce gruppo because from what I can tell with Record, they go out of their way to make things as LIGHT as possible, not as sturdy as possible. So Veloce is still a good gruppo, but at 1/3 the price!

[smilingcat]

10,000 miles and 4 years sounds reasonable time frame to replace the bottom bracket. I also agree that you are better off with Veloce over Record. Record and Dura Ace are made to be light at possible and gets more cosmetic finish for that Wooo WWOOOWWW factor. Besides, lot of pro teams do not use Record or Dura Ace. It's too costly.